MADAME X
Madame X heads one of the largest criminal syndicates in the country, aided and abetted by her trusty assistant Penelope.
Not much has been revealed about Madame X and her history - but this tale depicts one of her early forages into larceny as a gang leader.
Not only one of my earliest tales, this is the one that introduced Madame X and Penelope to those who read my stories. It combines a few things that were knocking around in my head Christmas 2007...
When we need ready money, we go to an ATM or Cash Machine. When Madame X needs money, she takes a slightly different approach...
Six women, four teams, and a plan only Madame X would consider executing.
The Seven Stages of Highly Effective Robbery
"Case X" was actually half of a two part story. Here's the second half, as Madame X shares her thoguths on what is needed for a plan to work...
This actually appeared previously as a "Multiple Maidens" tale, but it was written as a Madame X story, so it takes the correct place here. When a Mafia Don falls ill and is under police protection, Madame X is asked as a favour to "liberate" him.
When a Z-grade Hollywood film maker releases a DVD with a storyline that matches the events of Case X, Madame X feels she personally has to come and deal with the gentleman in question.
Madame X is a conniseur, and as such she enjoys collecting fine works of art. Paying for them, well, that's another matter, as this gallery owner discovers.
Presenting the complete story of the search for the Reissman diamonds, and the way several characters get involved... Reader be warned - this is a long story, and includes guest appearences from many of my other characters.
This was a question I posed when I ran the Yahoo group, and promised that at least for Madame X I would provide her answer. The result was this tale...
As hinted at in the story "Audit", Madame X has uncovered the uncomfortable fact that she has been bankrolling, through one o fehr companies, a most distatsteful enterprise in the US. As Dominique investigates, the path leads to a personal visit and a seasonal outcome.
Madame and Penelope hold a review of a recent case, in order to ascertain the usefulness of a new recruit to their organisation.
In her long and illusttrious career, Madame X has often had help from unexpected quarters, and offered to repay such help. When she gets a call from one such person, it becomes a matter of honour for her to help recover her daughters, and deal with some rivals at the same time.
A Madame X story with a difference, as she 'invites' the candidates standing in the General Election for a chat about how she has helped avert problems in the past.
When Madame X believes her personal security is at risk, not even the fact it is the French national holiday stops her from taking steps.
Dominique is asked by Madame X to investigate a leak - a trail which leads to a town called Carrington...
Madame has dispatched a trusted associate to collect two very special guests from a hospital clinic...
Penny and Lily are charged with snatching a peeress and her daughter - but why does Madame X want it to happen during a very public ball...
The arrangements for some UK based Americans to celebrate Independence Day are put on hold, as Madame X fulfills a request...
Sara Philips, girl detective, has never been lower - what will it take to make her return to snooping? Golavus offers the answer...
Watching Me Watching You - part 1
Madame X has come to New York to stop some distasteful business - but another group is interested in her target...
Watching Me Watching You - part 2
As Susan works with the Pussycat Gang, she goes through a life changing experience...
Like any large corporate organization, Madame's is subject to moles being slipped in - but whh she finds out...
Madame sends Dominique to retrieve the contents of a safe - but she has to take someone with her to gain experience...
It's Susan's first night in her new apartment, and she gets a surprise gift - a visit from the Black Cat...
As Dominique prepares to retrieve the files for Diana, another person is interested in the location - someone known as the Black Cat...
Annie Kelly, the Black Cat, meets Madame and receievs an offer - one that leads to a reception and a home invasion...
What happens when the job in New York is done? This tells the next stage for Madame X and her organisation...
Lily is dispatched to investigate why a name is implicated in an art fraud - and discovers something bigger...
Susan and Penny - two trusted senior associates of Madame X, and both returning to where they grew up to confront their pasts...
In New York and St Petersburg, the ladies work with Dom and others to solve a small business disagreement...
When Jeannie and House visit her old school in Harlow, she encounters three bullies - who then meet Lily and Madame's team...
A routine visit by one of Madame's teams leads to a person she really wants to find...
Back in December 2014, Madame led a team on a very different visit...
Two daughters of a Middle East diplomat are invited to visit The Farm...
In one town, a student house has some surprise visitors...
She was taking her daughters to pick their Hallowe'en costumes - but there were other guests at the shop...
On a visit to her mother, Lily has to step in to save a neighbour ...
To meet a goal, Madame invites a family to stay...
As the family is gathered, they wonder why they are being kidnapped...
One way to spend Bonfire Night as a family is to help Madame X as well...
A dinner for one woman is going to be delayed...
We sit in on a morning meeting...
Why are they been gathered...
Lily and the team are dispatched to two very different places...
What was the reason they wree all taken...
A family to stay safe...
But why...
Lily and the team extend invitations...
The untold tale of the fire at Xavier Manor...
Lily's team are sent to invite some ladies to stay...
They were invited to stay...
Madame pays her respects...
Revealing, for the first time, how Madame X came to be the woman she is. We start with a girl leaving home, a shocking act and the beginnings of friendships in adversity.
How did the young Shirley and her friends escape from their Master, and just why was Madame X in Paris as a younger woman? More threads start to come together as the story continues.
Reunions, reconciliations and a new beginning as the story of Shirley continues.
Revealed for the first time - the stories from Madame X's viewpoint, as well as the final fate of Sandy and the dawn of her darkest day.
Madame X is in very deep trouble - and her week from hell starts with hope, and then fear.
Revealed at last - the reason Madame X owed a debt of honour to an ordinary suburban housewife.
A short interlude to rest, recuperate and learn...
A final showdown with Master, a bittersweet reunion - and changes are afoot...
The story concludes, but with one more tale to tell - how Penelope met Madame X...